Dear Bob, I remember being with you in Cleveland in 2004, when you bought that beautiful Burkholtzer lute, and yes, it was strung entirely in gut.
Yes, indeed, it is a very sad reflection on lute players, when some one steals your strings out of your case, and replaces them with used metal wound strings. I am sad to stay that the thief had a much better deal than you, as those gut basses are very expensive. Of course, Dan Larson, the builder of your lute and the string maker, made those strings specifically for your lute. I hope the person who made the wayward swap is a member of this list, and I hope he/she will come forward to you. Sadly, we find dishonest people in all walks of life, including the lute world as well. It is too bad this happened. On the bright side, the person did not steal your lute or the case. The strings can be replaced, but at a significant cost to you, I am afraid to say. ed At 03:20 PM 7/16/2007 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Guys, > > The reason I write to you fellows is that more than almost anybody > else you guys seem to have you ears to the ground in the Lute World, and > perhaps can get the word out so that what happened to me won't happen to > another. Here's the story: > >Today in preparation to going to Vancouver LSA 07' in two weeks I did an >inventory of my replacement strings, I've been rather fortunate in that >the last string I had to replace was 2 years ago in Vancouver (1st >course), after having swapped out my Gut-Strings for a set of Saverez >synthetics purchased from Chris Hendricksen. Once I received the >synthetics I carefully coiled up their Gut equivalents, labeled the >sleeves, bound the whole works up with a rubber band and placed them in my >Lute-cases' accessory bin, never opening them up again until today,,,,,, >when to my great confusion and surprise I noticed that the Gut >fundamentals for courses 10-13 were gone and had been replaced with USED >silver-wound types. I've only bought the one set of synthetics and they >are currently on my Lute. The "swapped out"silver courses 10-12 are of the >same diameter, and 13 is a bit thicker (so says my digital >caliper). I've rarely had this Lute out of my sight, it's hard to >understand why or how somebody would have effected this swap. I had it at >Dan's for repairs (4 months, I emptied the accessory bin out, no strings >as I recall) and at a few weekend seminars (Betsy Smalls and Danny >Shoskes) where I might have left it in a "Lute-Room", but the fact that I >was stolen from is a bit unnerving!,,, I don't care about the money,,,and >I'm not even mad,,more hurt than anything else. If somebody would have >asked me for the strings I'd have gladly given them all they needed with >no thought of repayment no questions asked. My only consolation is that >at the very minimum I hope whoever took them is at least putting them to >good use and making beautiful music,,,,hopefully S.L. Weiss!!! > >Regrettably I guess there's a bozo in every group, so with that in mind I >guess it's a good idea to keep a more careful watch on our Lute gear! > > >Bob >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.6/902 - Release Date: 7/15/2007 >2:21 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
